| 100% | SEEOFF | 6 | Fend off a threat for example (2 words) |
| 49% | ATBAY | 5 | Two words for fended off, like a doctor kept away |
| 46% | ALIT | 4 | Got off a horse, for example |
| 44% | DRYROT | 6 | Structural threat for many a wooden house: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CALVE | 5 | Break off a chunk of the Lamplugh Glacier, for example |
| 43% | ORELSE | 6 | Words concluding a threat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WHISKERS | 8 | Figurative word for hairs a man shaves off chin |
| 41% | ORELSE | 6 | Words that end a threat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IMAT | 4 | "___ a loss for words": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONTV | 4 | Starring in a sitcom, for example: 2 wds. |
| 40% | STAVE | 5 | ___ off (fend off a threat) |
| 40% | POWERTOOL | 9 | Drill or sander for example (2 words) |
| 40% | ERR | 3 | Misspell a word, for example |
| 40% | ERR | 3 | Mispronounce a word, for example |
| 40% | ORELSE | 6 | Last words of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AMAT | 4 | "I ___ a loss for words": 2 wds. |
| 39% | AMAT | 4 | "I ___ a loss for words!": 2 wds. |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Last words for a bachelor and bachelorette: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AVERT | 5 | Fend off, as a crisis |
| 37% | JONSTEWART | 10 | Former "Daily Show" host who won a Spoken Word Grammy for "Earth (The Audiobook)": 2 wds. |
| 37% | POTATOPANCAKES | 14 | Latkes, for example: 2 wds. |
| 37% | VOWEL | 5 | A, for example |
| 36% | AFFIX | 5 | Attach to a word, for example dis, un, ment |
| 36% | PLAYMONEY | 9 | Cash in a Monopoly set, for example: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOOSE | 5 | Threat for a Wild West outlaw |
| 36% | RAPSONG | 7 | Eminem performance, for example: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SKITRAIL | 8 | Bunny slope, for example: 2 wds. |
| 36% | POPSTAR | 7 | Britney Spears, for example: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AWOL | 4 | Off a military base, for short |